News
Panel rejects proposal to scan all U.S.-bound shipping containers
Subcommittee accepts another proposal to test and deploy next-generation radiation portal monitors at some seaports.
Management
IRS headquarters to reopen Friday
Building in downtown Washington was evacuated Wednesday morning because of smoke from an electrical fire.
Pay & Benefits
House votes to include feds in student loan repayment program
Bill would remove burden from individual agencies to find money for the benefit.
Defense
House panel probes Defense bills for taint of scandal
Committee is looking at three Defense authorization bills to ensure Cunningham didn’t exercise improper influence.
Tech
Management flaws cited for failed DHS contract
Cost to complete the financial integration project will be in the $150 million to $200 million range, official tells lawmakers.
Defense
Vacancies at the top put FEMA's funding in jeopardy
Acting director says agency will have a permanent leader, and close to 95 percent staffing level, by June.
Management
Panel: OMB should eliminate quota for performance-based acquisition
Preliminary recommendations also highlight need for best practices, data on use of performance-based contracts.
Pay & Benefits
Pay to Stay
Agencies have the authority to grant retention bonuses to keep peak performers from leaving.
News
Science agency chiefs laud Bush's budget request
Non-defense R&D spending is up $1.1 billion, reaching $59 billion, in President Bush's budget request.
Pay & Benefits
First entrants to NSPS eligible for one-time pay bump
Buy-in will be the last within-grade increase seen by employees moving to the Pentagon's new personnel system in April.
Defense
Defense agency's effort to secure Soviet pathogens grows
Goal is to create disease surveillance network in former Soviet republics.
Defense
Committee seeks changes in color-coded alert system
Bill approved by House panel Wednesday also would overhaul DHS intelligence operations.
Defense
House panel to seek changes in Pentagon procurement
Previous attempts at reform, lawmakers say, have not stemmed rising costs and schedule delays.
News
Fire closes IRS headquarters
More than 3,000 employees work at the building in downtown Washington.
Defense
Probe raises doubts over focus of DHS agency's investigations
ICE puts only 15 percent of resources toward cases with security or terrorism connections, GAO says in report disputed by the agency.
Defense
Lawmakers criticize Navy plans to shrink submarine fleet
House members question the security and workforce implications of a plan to reduce the fleet to as few as 40 boats.
Tech